A foul-up has the potential of leaving three Belizeans with the incurably fatal disease known as AIDS. But following the discovery yesterday morning that a woman and two children, all patients at the K.H.M.H., received transfusions of HIV tainted blood, officials are yet to come clean and explain to the public how such a tragic […]
It wasn’t widely known outside of law enforcement circles, but over the last week the police and B.D.F. received some high powered help from our big uncle to the north. Today authorities held a briefing for the press and while the mission didn’t make any major busts, the joint effort is said to bode well […]
Its demise may not be attributed to a Blackhawk helicopter, but the wreckage of a small plane discovered near Belmopan on Tuesday had all the earmarks of an unsolved mystery. Around one thirty in the afternoon a pilot flying near Belmopan spotted a wrecked plane two hundred yards north of the Western Highway on the […]
We don’t know if it’s coincidence or not, but following last night’s News 5 story on hardships caused by certain aspects of the new environmental tax, we are reliably informed that the customs department has today removed plastic shrink wrap from the list of packaging materials as defined by the law. This means that goods […]
The stoning of pint bottles is a popular pastime for angry drunks…and while the missile usually fails to find its mark, one thrown on Friday has resulted in a man’s death. Forty year old Michael Muñoz returned to his home in Guinea Grass Village with a cut wound on the back of his head and […]
The Ministry of Human Development, Women and Civil Society has a new chief executive officer. She is Kamela Palma. Palma, who left her job as the director of the U.B. Regional Language Center in Belmopan, speaks German, French, Spanish and Maya…and presumably has mastered English and Creole as well. The native of Punta Gorda holds […]
With schools out on holiday, last night’s pre-Easter crowd at Bellevue’s King Street Station was overflowing with young students. And when the judges returned their verdict on week seven of Karaoke TV, they weren’t disappointed. William Neal, Host, Karaoke TV “The winner for tonight and it seems to be in agreement with the crowd, is […]
It happens every Easter… and while the annual race is never far from controversy, the granddaddy of Belizean sporting events will once again thrill Belizeans from Barranco to Consejo. Ann-Marie was on the road early this morning and returned to the studio with a preview. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting When the bugle is sounded at 6:00 […]
